OK everyone, I will let you in on a little secret about texturing on dash
tops. To get a textured finish simply use undercoating i.e. the stuff you
put in the wheel wells. The more you thin it the finer the texture.
Let this cure for a couple days and then top coat it with primer and color
if you want, then apply a final flat clear coat. Don't use semi
or full gloss for top clear coat or you will go blind with sun shining on
it. The dash of course has to be removed from the car to do this. My
56 Fury got this treatment and really turned out fine. Be sure to strip the dash
to the bare metal to start.
John Teske
In a message dated 10/19/2014 1:54:11 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
They have a texture. The sheen is somewhere around satin, not flat
and not semi-gloss. Not aware of any available paint coating. This
seems to be a common problem as a lot of “restored” Plymouths have the wrong
dash paint.
Seems like this may have been posted before, but what is the recommended
paint/coating for the dash-tops of these cars? Is it simply a "flat" (or
"matte"?) luster, and/or was there some other texturing involved?
What product(s) are recommended to recoat one of these dash-tops...and
are they available "stock" with the proper color options for 1955?
Thanks, Jason.
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